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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 3h

Kerry is ADHD herself, so our conversation was about everything all at once. I've been following her journey for years now, I'm excited to see what happens next. Here we are chatting, along with some of the illustrations Kerry has done of me through the years!

Cartoon cow, wearing Parallel Purple Socks on ears and hooves, also grey trousers and a brown Fat Boy Slim t-shirt

Photo of me in running gear, background cartoon cows wearing purple Parallel socks

Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 3h

conferences (Like this one £9.50 live all month: www.eventbrite.com/e/access-to-... ) where experts share techniques for connecting with learners other people might write off...

Access to Academic Learning Conference 2025

Join us at the Access to Academic Learning Conference 2025 for insights, strategies, and tools to enhance your teaching!

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 3h

(including cows wearing Parallel Lifestyle #purplesockday socks!, she creates inclusive teaching materials ( e.g. www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Lea... ) and hosts

The Creative Learning Toolkit: Inclusive and Accessible Activities for the Primary Classroom: Amazon.co.uk: Thalia, Kerry: 9781032848334: Books

Buy The Creative Learning Toolkit: Inclusive and Accessible Activities for the Primary Classroom 1 by Thalia, Kerry (ISBN: 9781032848334) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free deliver...

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 3h

Yesterday was all meetings, this one with Discover Inclusion was by far and away the most colourful. Kerry who runs discover inclusion is passionate about children who do not use mouth words having access to academic education. She's also passionate about representation within AAC communication...

Kerry and I are both white women with our hair tied up, she wears glasses, I wear a hoodie in Pride colours, she sits before a background of rainbow coloured circles, the montage of images shows an expressive conversation full of laughter and smiles

Cartoon - me wearing a summer hat with sunflowers tied on a ribbon and a green dress, carrying my young son on my hip, he wears an orange bucket hat a white linen shirt and a Parallel race number

Conference poster showing three people with profound and multiple learning disabilities in cartoon, different genders, skin colours and equipment usage are displayed

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 11h

www.parenta.com/2025/09/22/p...

What does it mean to create spaces where people can feel like they belong?

Slow down, declutter, be with....

Preparing For Belonging | Parenta.com

Practical advice for new teachers and childcare staff on fostering belonging, connecting with children, slowing down, decluttering, and being fully present.

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 21h

Making them is my project for this year, come December I will hide them around the small village I live in as a kind of advent calendar. These ones were done with pouring acrylics

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

Penguins!

Setting of Penguin siblings, with some of the pemguin crèche.

Can you spot the Garden Penguin's little one?

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

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Joanna Grace PhD - The Sensory Projects | LinkedIn

Seeking to contribute to a world where everyone is understood and appreciated for who… · Experience: The Sensory Projects · Education: University of Nottingham · Location: Greater London · 500+ connec...

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

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The Sensory Projects

www.thesensoryprojects.co.uk The Sensory Projects run on the principle that with the right knowledge, and a little creativity, inexpensive items can become effective sensory tools for inclusion.

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

systems that object to the creation of a more inclusive society.

Here's all the places you can find me online:
www.TheSensoryProjects.co.uk

The Sensory Projects

Seeking to contribute to a world where everyone is understood in spite of difference. The Sensory Projects run on the principle that with the right knowledge and a little creativity, inexpensive items...

www.TheSensoryProjects.co.uk

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

use it in a way that spreads awareness and understanding, together with a spot of hula hooping and a handful of penguins. And to that end I hope to keep posting, tweeting, reeling and so on, and not to be silenced by

The Sensory Projects

Seeking to contribute to a world where everyone is understood in spite of difference. The Sensory Projects run on the principle that with the right knowledge and a little creativity, inexpensive items...

www.TheSensoryProjects.co.uk

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

people who cope with the echo of me in internet land. If I get squashed in one place I hope you'd find me in another.
Maligned as it maybe social media is a space of potential communication, connection, and understanding (it's also a lot of other things as well). I hope I

The Sensory Projects

Seeking to contribute to a world where everyone is understood in spite of difference. The Sensory Projects run on the principle that with the right knowledge and a little creativity, inexpensive items...

www.TheSensoryProjects.co.uk

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

Lately I've noticed more and more advocates getting their social media profiles suspended. X recently black marked me (pop across to my X if you want to see what sort of awful things I've been saying - apparently I go against community guidelines). I am very grateful to all the

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dear....maybe they took the paracetamol to cope with being circumcised?

a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and eating a cookie .

ALT: a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and eating a cookie .

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 2d

profound and multiple learning disabilities.
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Early Bird Tickets are on sale until the end of the year. Hope to see you this time next year!

The Bridge - Birmingham

Research-informed practice for people described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 2d

informed practice looks like for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, there will be keynote speeches and round table discussions and activities. It will be an informative and practical day, ideal for anyone who has high expectations with regards to provision for people with

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 2d

The Bridge aims to be a bridge between research and practice, I'll be joined by researchers whose focus is on people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, including those doing action research - the really hands on, practical kind. We will be sharing what research

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 2d

than in the lining of people's pockets or current political rhetoric)? If we expected those services to be for them/with them rather than an adaptation of something meant for someone else? If we really centered them, who they are, what they need, what they enjoy, if we started from them....

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 2d

an expansion to this idea of having high expectations: what about having high expectations of provision for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. What if we expected that the services and support they are offered had foundations in research (rather

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 2d

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bridge...

On this day next year I'll be in Birmingham working on The Bridge!

We are often told to have high expectations with regards to people with profound disabilities (usually this is a request to believe they have hidden intellectual capacities). The Bridge seeks

The Bridge - Birmingham

Research-informed practice for people described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 3d

www.parenta.com/2025/09/22/p...

Preparing For Belonging | Parenta.com

Practical advice for new teachers and childcare staff on fostering belonging, connecting with children, slowing down, decluttering, and being fully present.

www.parenta.com

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 3d

inclusive start ups she was supporting. I wonder how I can carry that legacy forwards.

Thinking about those times reminded me of a question I used to get all the time in the early days, so here it is revisited: should we be age appropriate?
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Age Appropriate or Person Appropriate? | Disability Horizons

Joanna Grace reflects on why support for disabled and neurodivergent people should focus on being person appropriate, not age appropriate — celebrating individuality, comfort, and joy at every stage o...

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